The primary goals of this course include increasing safety by describing hazards that may exist at crime scenes, enhancing evidence preservation and rescue efforts and fostering cooperative working relationships among all responders through role and responsibility clarification. The course uses a combination of instructor-led discussions and video presentations and concludes with an exercise.
Selection Criteria: The audience for this 6- to 8- hour course consists of persons who will respond
to a criminal or terrorist event. This course is a joint training effort that includes firefighters, emergency medical services, law enforcement, public works, and others with emergency management responsibility from a local community. It is recommended that this course be taught to groups from the same jurisdiction for maximum benefit.